Pianist and composer Irving Fields was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn in 1915. When he traveled to Cuba as a young man he fell in love with Latin music, and became one of the foremost interpreters of American-style rumba in the early 20th century. Today he’s still kicking – and performing 6 nights a week in New York City. Fields shares with us his lessons of longevity.

Loved the Irving Fields piece. Thank you for your creative storytelling and the heart and enthusiasm behind every production. Where might I download the Miami Beach Rumba that was played at the end of the piece? So many are just instrumentals and that one, specifically, was sung. Thanks very much—